Nicholas Platonov

Life

Born

13 November 1889

Ordained priest

17 May 1914

Consecrated bishop

8 November 1925

Made archbishop

25 January 1926

Made metropolitan

1 September 1934

Died

5 March 1942

Sees

1. 8 November 1925 – 1925

   Bishop of Gdov

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

2. 1925 – 25 January 1926

   Bishop of Okhta

   Vicar of Leningrad · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 25 January 1926 – 1 September 1934

   Archbishop of Okhta

   Vicar of Leningrad · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1 September 1934 – 1941

   Metropolitan of Leningrad

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 1941 – 5 March 1942

   Metropolitan of No See

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

Consecration

Consecrated 8 November 1925 by:

• Benjamin Muratovskii Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1855–1930
• Michael Popov Archbishop of Luga, b. 1865
• Nicholas Sobolev Archbishop of Ladoga, 1854–1932
• Alexander Lebedev Archbishop of Cherepovets, b. 1869
• Alexander Sakharov Archbishop of Borisogleb, cons. 1924

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nicholas Platonov Metropolitan of Leningrad consecrated 8 November 1925
2. Benjamin Muratovskii Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1855–1930 consecrated 1897
3. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 1927Sergii Tanayevskii Archbishop of Ostrogozhsk, 1874–1939
• 3 April 1927Palladii Beltyukov Archbishop of Votkinsk, 1872–1932
• 1934Peter Nikolskii Bishop of Kursk, d. 1937